At the beginning of his prayer in John 17 , Jesus says something which may seem obvious to some. However for me, it poses two questions....

In  John 17, Jesus prays for his disciples. However, He says,  “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe...

Have you ever seen those books that say, when you’re hurting read this verse when you’re discouraged read that verse, when you face an...

I think that in this sermon, I have done more adding, deleting, cutting, pasting, editing, and re-arranging, than any sermon I have ever...

At a large church the pastor always began the Sunday morning service by saying to the people, “ The Lord be with you.”  The congregation...

Some of what I say in this post, I have said before. I hope you will bear with me as I elaborate on it in a little different context....

Several weeks ago, under Reflections of Faith, I posted “When the Manna Stops and the Serpent Dies.” Since then I have made some...

In the beginning of the Old Testament book of Joshua we find the culmination of a story that had begun four decades earlier. The...

Matthew 18…The disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of God?” He called a little child to him,...

Wilderness Faith One informal definition, from the Oxford dictionary, of the word sermon is, A long or tedious admonition or reproof; a...

Circles of Life—Part 2 My last post in Reflections of Faith, spoke of circles as a pattern woven into creation. This is evident from the...

Circles of Life I hope you will forgive me for some repetition, but I feel that I need to revisit a few things in order to introduce this...

A Long Road Home In our world of shortcuts, soundbites, and sermonettes, I realize that this post is somewhat long. I tried to shorten...

The Kingdoms of Man Religion Maybe at this point, a few disclaimers might be in order. I am not a literalist, or a dispensationalist. I...

The Kingdoms of Man Economy Many people dismiss the Bible on the grounds that it is contradictory and outdated. If it is to be taken as...

The Kingdoms of Man Government (Politics) In my last several posts, I have been exploring the imagery of the Genesis creation story as a...

Ripples of Brokenness In my last post I looked at how human choice to reject God’s purpose would send life on earth in a skewed direction...

Eden Shattered In my last post I attempted to unwrap the Imagery of the Genesis creation story of the Bible. I believe it is a window...

In the Image of God In Matthew 25, Jesus said that the kingdom of God (the purpose of God) has been since the creation of the world....

The Alpha and Omega Over the years, many people have said to me, “the Bible contradicts itself.” And I tell them, “Of course it does. If...